2025 Summer MELT with Jordan Demitrius Lloyd; several dancers in a studio.

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Events

Studies Project: Black Dance Collectivity

Black Dance Change Makers, Beyond the Black Box (BBB), Dancing While Black

Tue, Dec 9, 2025

Many people lay and sit in a circle around one center person who is standing, guiding the group through community breath work. Photo by Kenny Rodriguez.

Class

Morning Class

nia love

Fri, Dec 12 - Dec 19, 2025

Class

Pilates

Amelia Heintzelman

Tue, Jan 6 - Feb 24, 2026

Amelia is white and has brown curly hair. She does a backbend on the ground with her feet on a stool. She has on a short unitard and dance sneakers and is in an empty space. Photo by Jenna Westra.

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